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‘Spotlight’ lands awards season slot
Open Road Films has scheduled a November 6 limited release for Tom McCarthy’s thriller about the team of Boston Globe reporters that uncovered abuse within the Catholic Church.
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Universal hires production exec Mark Sourian
The new evp of production arrives from DreamWorks Studios where he served as co-president and most recently worked as an independent producer at the studio.
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Richard Crudo re-elected ASC president
The board of governors of the American Society Of Cinematographers has voted Crudo to return as president for a sixth term.
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Breaking Glass Pictures acquires ‘Lyle’
Stewart Thorndike’s psychological is styled as a modern-day lesbian ode to Rosemary’s Baby and stars Gaby Hoffmann.
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Frontières unveils complete line-up
New projects from Larry Fessenden, RKSS and John McNaughton among line-up at sixth edition, taking place July 23-26 in Montreal.
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Kathleen Drumm named TIFF industry office director
Drumm arrives from Screen Australia and will oversee all the Toronto International Film festival’s industry activities.
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Fears grow for missing film producer
Felix Vossen, producer of The Sweeney and I, Anna, has been missing since March.
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'Syrian Love Story' wins Sheffield Doc/Fest prize
Other winners include a film about the early years of Greenpeace and US documentary 3½ Minutes, 10 Bullets.
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Empire Strikes Back returns to UK box office after 35 years
Secret Cinema shows put Star Wars sequel back into the UK top ten.
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Sweden losing $100m from film-TV piracy
The Swedish film and TV industries lose close to $100m annually from illegal streaming and file sharing, according to report.
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Ukraine bans 'Under Electric Clouds'
Alexey German Jr.’s Under Electric Clouds has become the first high-profile title to fall victim to Ukraine’s new distribution ban on Russian films and TV series, which came into effect last week.
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Abu Dhabi Media Summit to return in 2016
Sixth edition to move from usual berth of November to April.
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UK's Wendy Glenn to star in Indian Hamlet adaptation
UK actress Wendy Glenn is starring in Indian filmmaker Onir’s Veda, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, which is currently shooting in the UK.
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Industry mulls Netflix ‘War Machine’ deal
Film insiders are grappling with the potential ramifications of Netflix’s deal announced on Monday for the Brad Pitt starrer that Screen understands is in the $70m range.
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XLrator acquires North American rights to ‘Admiral’
XLrator Media has acquired North American rights from Arclight Films to the Dutch historical epic that premiered in Berlin earlier this year.
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SPC acquires Almodóvar's 'Silencio'
The team behind Sony Pictures Classics will collaborate with Pedro Almodóvar for the tenth time on the drama following a North American deal with El Deseo.
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DreamWorks sets record straight over ‘The BFG’ shoot
JUNE 9 UPDATE: The studio confirmed on Tuesday it has never shot nor does it plan to shoot its Roald Dahl adaptation on the Faroe Islands as an anti-whale hunt petition focused on the North Atlantic settlement neared 50,000 signatures.
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Live read to close LAFF
Eli Roth will direct a live read of Fast Times At Ridgemont High in what will be the first such event to close the Los Angeles Film Festival.
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A24, J.C. Chandor to develop ‘The Liar’s Ball’
The cutting-edge distributor has taken another stride into development, teaming up with Chandor and long-time producers Neal Dodson and Anna Gerb on the story behind New York’s G.M. Building.